2018: State of the forloopAfrica Report

The goal of forloop especially at its creation by the legendary Ridwan Olalere (Didi Kwang) in 2016 is simple: Build an inclusive, engaging and vibrant community of developers across Africa.

“We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.” — Herman Melville

forloop Africa is a community of passionate software developers and enthusiasts across Africa. 2 years after, we have developed a presence in 8 African countries, built a Slack community of over 2,500 folks and held several developer events to foster collaboration amongst developers in Africa.

This is the first state of the forloop Africa report we’re publishing. And the purpose of making this public is to let the world know the growth process of this community and show key metrics that can drive the adoption of forloop in every country in Africa.

forloop Newsletter

The forloop Newsletter is a weekly newsletter that keeps everyone up to date about software development activities happening within the African developer community and beyond. It features meetups, conferences, job listings, tutorials, released APIs, informative twitter threads, e.t.c

forloop Podcast

Popularly known as forloop Pod, the forloop podcast is one that includes technical talks, tech reviews and personality interviews from people on their software development or design journey in Africa and across the globe.

forloop Campus

We started a forloop campus initiative to reach out to undergraduate students. There’s always a huge gap between undergrads and working class folks, so forloop campuses aims to bridge the gap. This year, we had the following:

Thanks to Emmanuel Okanlawon (SOLAR) for his indefatigable efforts in maintaining our impressive social media presence. This man works magic behind the scenes!

Thanks to every single person that has contributed to the growth of forloop. I’m indeed grateful for all your efforts in building this community.

“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” — Mother Teresa

2019: What’s the Plan?

We plan to expand to 10 more countries. Starting with Morocco, Zimbabwe and South Africa in Q1.

We also plan to beef up activities and set up impactful programs in all the cities and countries forloop Africa has a presence.

Sponsorship

Blood, sweat and funds run this community. The leads that make things happen are not paid for their time, they are just passionate folks that are crazy about developing raw African talent to their full potential.

They need funds to run activities. We need sponsors to pull incredible stunts this year. Send me an email at prosper@forloop.africa if you want to sponsor forloopAfrica, either as an individual or a company.

“In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it. — Marianne Williamson